🏰 Fort H. G. Wright

Fort H. G. Wright was a United States military installation on Fishers Island in the town of Southold, New York, two miles offshore from southeastern Connecticut. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, along with Fort Terry, Fort Michie, and Camp Hero. These forts defended the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, as well as Connecticut's ports and the north shore of Long Island. The fort was named for Union General Horatio G. Wright, a former Chief of Engineers who was born in Clinton, Connecticut.